Zara 4

The lovely Zara Rabinowicz of Shiny Shiny fame spent a whole six weeks in the company of Sony Ericsson's touchscreen QWERTY slider, the Xperia X1, to bring you and me the video verdict we've all been waiting for. And this is how it goes...

While ecigarettes are ten-a-penny in the UK, there's only one manufacturer of them in the USA. Zara, ever the detective, managed to track them down. Not just cigarettes, though - cigars, cigarette holders, everything!
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Back when I was on Shiny Shiny and more concerned with sparkly, pink and fluffy gadgets than robots and all things geektacular, I went to the launch of the Swarovski and Philips flash drives. You'll be pleased to know, months later, that they're finally launching in the UK this week (Harrods, to be precise), and that Zara recently got all hands-on with them. Boys, forget diamonds - if you want to get jewellery for your geeky girls, head on down at the end of this week, where prices start at £50...